Plant Lead

Arcosa Careers•Mesquite, TX

About The Position

The Plant Lead assists the Plant Manager in maintaining a safe, efficient plant operation. The role supports production and maintenance scheduling, coordinates employees’ daily work, monitors production, and helps ensure equipment and materials are ready for operations. The Plant Lead also performs manual labor and operates equipment used to crush concrete, including filling in at the plant or on a job site as needed to meet productivity objectives. The role includes participating in safety meetings, reporting production and downtime data, and escalating employee or equipment issues to the Plant Manager.

Requirements

Ability to work in all weather conditions.
Ability to stand for extended periods at a conveyor belt operation.
Ability to regularly climb heights of 20 feet.
Ability to regularly lift, carry, and/or pull 50 pounds.
Ability to work in dusty, wet, and loud environments.
Must wear required safety equipment, including a hard hat, safety glasses, goggles, steel-toed boots, ear plugs, gloves, and other similar items as needed.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual ability in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Assist the Plant Manager in providing and maintaining a safe work environment in accordance with OSHA standards and environmental policies.
Safely and efficiently operate equipment.
Establish effective production and maintenance schedules.
Produce at acceptable levels per budget.
Coordinate and monitor employees’ daily tasks.
Ensure employees inspect equipment daily for safety and maintenance defects.
Schedule, assist with, and coordinate routine maintenance on plant and mobile equipment.
Ensure pre-processed material is available for production.
Track inventory of critical spare parts.
Train and mentor operators to improve efficiency.
Maintain housekeeping standards and organization.
Ensure safe traffic patterns between plant equipment and customers.
Monitor overall production efficiency and report inadequacies to the manager.
Perform lifting, pulling, carrying, and other manual labor tasks to operate equipment designed to crush concrete on a job site.
Operate equipment at the plant or fill in as needed to meet productivity objectives.
Participate in daily or weekly safety meetings.
Provide daily plant production numbers and downtime data to the scale person.
Report employee- or equipment-related problems to the Plant Manager.
Perform other duties as required or assigned by the Plant Manager.